Amazing Memories from Past

Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885

Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923

Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916

Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924

Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. She was arrested for indecency

Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937

The original Ronald McDonald, 1963

Advertisement for Atabrine, anti-malaria drug, in Papua, New Guinea during WWII

Little girl with her doll sitting in the ruins of her bombed home, London, 1940

Unknown soldier in Vietnam, 1965

Measuring bathing suits – if they were too short, women would be fined, 1920′s

Hotel owner pouring acid in the pool while black people swim in it, ca. 1964

Mother hides her face in shame after putting her children up for sale, Chicago, 1948

Austrian boy receives new shoes during WWII

First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving on the right, 1967

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